20th Century
From Guinea Pigs to CCAST
Part 1 – Joint Doctrine for Medical Support, The Operational Context “If any good can be said to come of war, then the Second War War must go on record as assisting and accelerating one [more…]
Articles by Blown Periphery
Fiction
War Crimes Chapter 15 – Moira and Edge’s Story, Holy Matrimony
War Crimes Chapter 15 Like most of the important milestones in Edge’s life his marriage was in the autumn, October 14th of 2000 at St John the Baptist Church Instow. It was and is a [more…]
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War Crimes Chapter 14 – Edge, Back in the Balkans
War Crimes Chapter 14 They were lying in a hide under the trees, about halfway up the steeply sloping valley. From this vantage point they could see the Pristina road and the River Iber winding [more…]
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War Crimes Chapter 13 – Moira and Edge’s Story
War Crimes Chapter 13 When Angela found Moira it was obvious that Moira had been crying. Her dark mascara had run from her eyes in blue streaks and those eyes were puffy and reddened. Even [more…]
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War Crimes Chapter 12 – Fury, Daniel Copeland’s Story
Photo by Lane Jackman on Unsplash War Crimes Chapter 12 Like all sociopaths, after a few years Daz Copeland had built up a network of contacts and acquaintances due to his superficial charisma and undoubted [more…]
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War Crimes Chapter 11 – Angela’s Story
War Crimes Chapter 11 Angela Keeble knew that she had made a mistake as soon as she said yes, but like most things in her life, she reasoned that she could manage the situation. At [more…]
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War Crimes Chapter 10 – On the Edge, Stepping Out Into the Cold
War Crimes Chapter 10 On an evening in October 1998, a C130 Hercules of RAF No 47 Squadron, Special Forces Flight, took off from RAF Leuchars, north of St Andrews in Fife. To the residents [more…]
Fiction
War Crimes Chapter 9 – Edge, Figures on a Landscape
War Crimes Chapter 9 Don’t—don’t—don’t—don’t—look at what’s in front of you. (Boots—boots—boots—boots—movin’ up an’ down again); Men—men—men—men—men go mad with watchin’ ’em, An’ there’s no discharge in the war ! Much meaningful business within the [more…]
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War Crimes Chapter 8 – Love and Death in the Balkans
War Crimes Chapter 8 The life could have been idyllic except for Jozica Marić and her irritating ability to get under Edge’s skin. Whenever she was around, cropping up at the other dig sites or [more…]